The sun., 1887-03-27
THE CORONET FAR AHEAD.
LEADING THE DAUNTLESS BIZ 40
MILES 1900 MILES FROM CORK.
Nearly . Degree OF Latitude Farther North
Than Her Rival, and to Windward OF
Her-The 6nAle Saw lBoth Yachts.

Nearly . Degree or Latitude Farther North
Than Her Rival, and to Windward OF
Her-The 4aale Saw both Yachts.
Probably the happlest man In this big town
yoAerday was Mr. r. 4. Bush. owner Of the
stately schooner yacht Coronet. II Skipper
Christopher Crosby, who Ia making a strenuous
effort to steer the yacht into Cork harbor
ahead Of the Dauntless for gold and glory.
could have heard Mr.. Bushs encomiums. he
might have been happier than his employer.
Yachtsmen who had staked their dollars on
the Coronet shared Mr.. Bush's elation.
The North German Lloyd steamship Saale'
which arrived hero yesterday, was the bearer
OF the glad tidings She passed large
schooner yacht at II o'clock on Monday morn
ing last in latitude 46' 09, longitude $40 40,
about seven miles to tho northward, or on the
starboard side Of the steamship. Thisis about
1890 miles east of Sandy Hook. and within 1.2OO
miles Of Cork nnrbor When the Saale rassSa,
and from tho northeast. A high, confused sea
was running, but the schooner, according to
big foam crests merrly. just before she got
abcahn Of tho Saale she ran up her signal let
b ba shS S h sH desr
who wns on dock. s4ys that tho first letter was
X and the last b. He says also that the yacht
q storm trysa. fores.,il, fore stnysail. and main
fore gaff topsails. and headed east by north.
hd Sser T. rs
with her, straight stem. led the passengers
Gommander Chadwick. Z. s. n, w was among nti;
those Tho soek thrHn % SSas at
As the ssale steamed westward the, south;
to iscreasc Five ie aHsn ater anoer ano T and
shs sSe s" fhe Ss 1sc EnS had ame thsm s es
ink:, Her tepmasts Ters y; housed, and IA
mainmast: II she displayed signals they were
not seeG by the or officers Hn tho
display any probably because She did not feel
ass jSlfy as the yacht ahead: She %as abeami
impression aboard the steamfhip was that the
Leading YACHT as was the nc mCoronei Snd the one @
plentifglly punctiated with thunder. and light:
ning The Thee secend yacht ,acs was sheering several
The Saale was steaming along at sixteen
the time q the Until
you'd have beeP r. ioS niles astsrn & !s r.
had plus MAIDS shs fs'adSs usss
probably between. forty and fifty miles.
This very respectable lead Of l4O or $50 miles
was enough to make Mr.; Bush happy. The
be taken into considerable ion In figuring. out her
advantage. She is nearly degree Of latitude
higher than her rival. Previous reports indi-
the coronet, and, not the Dauntiess. has kept
the more northerly course.
i, MIR. Bush said yesterday. when he heard that
the yacht astern had her topmasts housed:
Gros got tbs@ fhese snort PIT IN
toOthptcks then. and laughed at him for being
leading boat: Her topmasts were not made to
didn't say much about his Intentions before he
left He Is like Cornelius Vanderbilt In that
respect: He does % not ;, tell you what he is going
The news brought in by the saale spread
tric epidemic. Hermann Oelrichs took Capt.
Richter OF the Saale on the floor Of the Mari
By cyclone 81 interrosations. He @ escaped pc in
Ing q part Of bis coat. ~ -'~'
II the yacht spoken on March 19 by the steam
day, was the Coronet, she had sailed about 400
miles, or 200 miles a day. which appears to be
her. her average 1 az & IN fayoripg gale, when she was M
Of Cork harbor to night or Tomorrow morning.
Even II she dawns upon the expectant vision
Of the rollickinR Irish yachtsmen OF the Royal
Sssst Ssss aoSs 81 m;s,ss $;sssIs
Snofiieiai time q the Deuntless.' - days II
Henrette. IS days and % hours. Still, she Will
do herself proud anyhow. considering the
tumultuous weather she has passed through
and she will win $4,000 sweepstake.